Voice Actor Is Sorry For Crushing Your Half-Life 3 Dreams

Last week, Half-Life 2 voice actor John Patrick Lowrie said that Half-Life 3 wasn't being worked on. Since Lowrie has appeared in many Valve games over the years, his comments were taken seriously. Now, Lowrie says he misspoke.

"My comments just seemed to cause a whole bunch of confusion and when I tried to minimise the confusion I misspoke and caused a whole bunch more confusion," said Lowrie on his blog, via CVG.

"The most important thing to know about voice actors is that we're the last to know anything," he continued. "We don't find out about a project until we get hired to do voices for it.

"What I was trying to say before (and failed) is that whatever Gabe Newell has to say about a project is the best info you're going to get. He owns the company and knows what's going on."

"Sorry that I gave the impression that I know what's going on. I really wasn't trying to and I really don't know."

So this guy says he doesn't really know what's going on. That means one thing: keep that Half-Life3 dream alive!

Spot on. Just look at DayZ. There's a review for a milestone and something fails, All hell breaks loose, and fans call Rocket an asshole. For a simple fact that, the network code isn't working as it should. So he won't release the alpha, yet.

I think the series is the victim of too many years of built-up hype. If you're playing it for the first time, as I did in the last year or so, you'll probably wonder what all of the fuss is about. I personally got bored and never finished either of them.

We're talking about the Australian version of the game yeah? Man oh man did that suck. I had an overseas copy so it didn't affect me at the time, but I did snag a cheap sub $10 local copy and the difference was huge!

I have insider information that is absolutely 100% correct! Truth guaranteed!

New Orange box, called the Orange box cubed (orange to the power of 3) which has Half Life 3, Portal 3 and Left 4 Dead 3. Valve is going to over-deliver so as to meet everyone's crazy expectations - it's the only way!

Although I agree with you somewhat, I'd also like to point out that they have made a wide variety of really amazing games. Half Life, Team Fortress, L4D, Portal and Dota 2 are all VERY different games. Also, there haven't been many new IPs recently from anybody. Dishonoured comes to mind from Arkane, and then a few smaller studios, but the industry as a whole prefers to refine and iterate. The industry prefers to do that because PLAYERS prefer to buy that. Can't argue with money unfortunately.

I want new IP too, but I do love me a good sequel! I'd personally prefer to see sequels to HL, L4D and Portal before I'd like to see a new IP from Valve. In fact I think I'd be a bit annoyed if they announced a completely new IP before they give me another go in the HEV suit.

EDIT: Nintendo on the other hand... please flex that creative muscle on something new and exciting already, there's got to be some other gem tucked away inside Miyamoto's head.

Ah! My detector didn't trigger, and I put so many words into that reply!

Perhaps a more appropriate sarcastic response would have been: "Any new IP from Valve will just be something they've ripped off from another student game/mod they've absorbed because they don't know how to do anything original themselves".

When I read statements like this I imagine the guy is standing infront of a video camera, sweating and nervously reading front a script while some other valve thug stands over him with a red crowbar bar whispering to him about 'unforeseen consequences' if he doesn't do it right...

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